Formula Ford Festival at 50: How a British motorsport institution began

The Formula Ford Festival began its history in 1972, when the very first competition took place at Snetterton. After the mass fanfare around its launch and promotion leading up to the event, 85 cars were in attendance for a quartet of heats, two semi-finals and the grand final.
As expected, it sported some of the best Formula Ford pilots around at that time, not just from the UK but also from …Keep reading